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'''Margaret St. Clair''', born Eva Margaret Neeley, was very early [[fan]] — a member of the [[Golden Gate Scientific Association]] in 1930! — but is much better known as an [[SF]] writer, who also wrote under the [[pseudonyms]] of '''Idris Seabright''' and '''Wilton Hazzard'''. She coined the [[fannish]] [[catchphrase]] “[[broad mental horizons]].”
 
'''Margaret St. Clair''', born Eva Margaret Neeley, was very early [[fan]] — a member of the [[Golden Gate Scientific Association]] in 1930! — but is much better known as an [[SF]] writer, who also wrote under the [[pseudonyms]] of '''Idris Seabright''' and '''Wilton Hazzard'''. She coined the [[fannish]] [[catchphrase]] “[[broad mental horizons]].”
  
 
She wrote eight novels, four of which were published in the [[Ace Double]] series.  One of her most popular novels was ''Sign of the Labrys'' (1963), notable for its early use of Wicca elements in fiction.
 
She wrote eight novels, four of which were published in the [[Ace Double]] series.  One of her most popular novels was ''Sign of the Labrys'' (1963), notable for its early use of Wicca elements in fiction.
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From 1947 to 1949, she published a series of stories about Oona and Jick Ritterbush, a suburban
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married couple of the future who lived in a rotating house and ate “Super Whost,” the “chronometrized carbohydrate.”
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{{person | born=1911 | died=1995}}
 
{{person | born=1911 | died=1995}}

Revision as of 21:15, 24 January 2021

(February 17, 1911 – November 22, 1995)

Margaret St. Clair, born Eva Margaret Neeley, was very early fan — a member of the Golden Gate Scientific Association in 1930! — but is much better known as an SF writer, who also wrote under the pseudonyms of Idris Seabright and Wilton Hazzard. She coined the fannish catchphrasebroad mental horizons.”

She wrote eight novels, four of which were published in the Ace Double series. One of her most popular novels was Sign of the Labrys (1963), notable for its early use of Wicca elements in fiction.

From 1947 to 1949, she published a series of stories about Oona and Jick Ritterbush, a suburban married couple of the future who lived in a rotating house and ate “Super Whost,” the “chronometrized carbohydrate.”

Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.



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